Locals pick up victories in North/Ashland invite

Ashland's Mischa Kirby pushed all the way to the finals in the No. 2 singles bracket before falling 6-0, 6-1 to South Salem's Gordon Burnham in the 12-school North Medford-Ashland Tennis Invitational on Saturday at North Medford High.

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Posted Apr. 28, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Apr 28, 2013 at 12:06 AM

Posted Apr. 28, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Apr 28, 2013 at 12:06 AM

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Ashland's Mischa Kirby pushed all the way to the finals in the No. 2 singles bracket before falling 6-0, 6-1 to South Salem's Gordon Burnham in the 12-school North Medford-Ashland Tennis Invitational on Saturday at North Medford High.

Roseburg secured the boys title with 157 points, Sprague was second (146) and Newberg and South Salem tied for third (102). Ashland was sixth (71), South Medford eighth (40) and North Medford 10th (28).

North Medford's Daniel Pedersen beat Barlow's Andrew Cox to advance to the No. 4 semifinals and then lost to Sprague's Jonah Lovell, 6-3, 6-3.

Ashland's top doubles pairing of Michael Montes and Max Burt rallied in the No. 1 consolation bracket, bouncing back to down Barlow's Zac Blume and Daley McKay, 6-4, 6-3, in the finals.

In the No. 2 doubles bracket, Ashland's Grant Kahn and Nathaniel Baize lost in the semifinals to Sprague's Mitch Earle and Ryan Boss, 6-2, 6-3. The Grizzly combination topped Central Catholic's Ruben Sola and David Heinrich in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-2, and cruised past Corvallis' Quincy Johnson and Erik Bourque in the first round, 6-0, 6-1.

MEET OF CHAMPIONS — At Sacramento, North Medford senior Blake Spencer won the 800-meter race with a career-best time of 1 minute, 54.77 seconds in the night elite meet at the Sacramento Meet of Champions at American River College.

North sophomore Halley Folsom was second in the high jump at 5 feet, 4 inches and placed third in the 300 hurdles in 45.29 seconds in the day meet.

Spencer's time is second among Class 6A runners. Folsom's time in the hurdles is a season best and second in 6A. Her mark in the high jump is also a season best.

North Medford sophomore Mario Filippi recorded a mark of 6-2 in the high jump.

STERLING INVITATIONAL — At Klamath Falls, Cascade Christian won the boys team title in the 21-school Sterling Invitational at Oregon Tech.

Eagle Point came in third with 63 points.

On the girls side, Henley claimed first (72.5).

The Challengers picked up a pair of dominant victories from Levi Girardot and Aaron Cesaro. Girardot blew away the competition in the javelin, recording a career-best mark of 177 feet, 2 inches to secure top honors.